Lavrov insists world community should facilitate soonest stabilization in Ukraine

May 29, 2014, 17:39 UTC+3MOSCOWRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia feels the need for the international community to make concerted efforts ensure the compliance with the agreements on Ukraine

The first agreement “was thrown away the day after it had been signed and the state coup had been carried out”, he said.

The second document provided a foundation for the OSCE Swiss presidency’s roadmap, supported by all participants, except the Ukrainian government. The Ukraine-OSCE memorandum on the OSCE staff security was not ratified, Lavrov said.

“We cannot achieve compliance either with the agreements of February 21 and April 17 or the roadmap and the document on the status of international observers in Ukraine,” he said.

“Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sent a message to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the OSCE Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Secretary-General and the Council of Europe Secretary-General to call on them to conduct an impartial investigation into the May 2 tragic events in Odessa,” it said.

Commenting on the tragedy, Lavrov said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should show insistency in a transparent investigation of tragic events in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odessa.